Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 265 290
Rank change year-on-year -20 +25 -88
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 498 554 755
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.14% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 1.23% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 211 304 472
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £67,919
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -4.30% -6.32%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £96,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,494 44,927 66,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.19% 92.59% 88.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32,685 22,191 51,489
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £29,448
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 21 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -2 451 £75,000 +15.38% 131
London +68 255 £93,750 +20.97% 62
UK excluding London -79 189 £63,076 -2.96% 100
Work from Home +11 186 £75,000 +15.38% 108
South East -63 53 £57,500 -11.54% 39
North of England -30 50 £74,000 -4.52% 19
Midlands -42 36 £63,076 -1.06% 17
North West -11 30 £75,000 -4.76% 16
West Midlands -16 26 £60,288 -7.25% 11
East of England +31 24 £60,100 -7.54% 11
Yorkshire -19 17 £68,538 +33.73% 2
South West -39 14 £62,500 +4.17% 8
Northern Ireland -18 11 £75,000 +26.20%
East Midlands -48 10 £80,000 +33.33% 6
Wales 0 4 £61,001 +2.64% 1
Scotland -9 3 £42,000 -29.33% 8
North East -20 3 £63,076 -23.54% 1

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.41%) Confluence
2 12 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.60%) CMS
5 2 (0.40%) CICS
5 2 (0.40%) MTS
6 1 (0.20%) Drupal
Applications
1 19 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (3.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.60%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (3.01%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (1.00%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.60%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.40%) Shopify
6 1 (0.20%) Magento
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 65 (13.05%) SaaS
2 54 (10.84%) AWS
3 45 (9.04%) Azure
4 24 (4.82%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.82%) Pulumi
6 15 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.81%) GitHub
8 13 (2.61%) GCP
9 10 (2.01%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (1.81%) H2O.ai
10 9 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.81%) OneDrive
10 9 (1.81%) OpenShift
10 9 (1.81%) PaaS
11 6 (1.20%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.80%) Collibra
12 4 (0.80%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.80%) Miro
13 3 (0.60%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.22%) Broadband
2 10 (2.01%) HTTP
3 9 (1.81%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.41%) WAN
4 7 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.20%) LAN
5 6 (1.20%) RTP
6 5 (1.00%) Wireless
7 4 (0.80%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.60%) Multicast
9 2 (0.40%) 5G
9 2 (0.40%) ATM
9 2 (0.40%) VPN
10 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
10 1 (0.20%) Intranet
10 1 (0.20%) MPLS
10 1 (0.20%) Network Security
10 1 (0.20%) NGN
10 1 (0.20%) Value-Added Service
10 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.42%) Relational Database
2 23 (4.62%) Power BI
3 22 (4.42%) NoSQL
4 21 (4.22%) RDBMS
5 16 (3.21%) Metadata
6 10 (2.01%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.41%) Tableau
8 6 (1.20%) SAP BW
8 6 (1.20%) SQL Server
9 5 (1.00%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.60%) Big Data
11 3 (0.60%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.40%) DB2
12 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.20%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 32 (6.43%) JIRA
2 19 (3.82%) Jaeger
3 4 (0.80%) ERwin
4 3 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.20%) ER Studio
General
1 195 (39.16%) Finance
2 179 (35.94%) Social Skills
3 115 (23.09%) Marketing
4 99 (19.88%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (10.44%) Banking
6 48 (9.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (8.84%) Retail
8 41 (8.23%) Legal
9 37 (7.43%) Influencing Skills
10 36 (7.23%) Financial Institution
11 29 (5.82%) Law
12 27 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (5.02%) Public Sector
14 20 (4.02%) Manufacturing
15 19 (3.82%) Digital Economy
16 18 (3.61%) Back Office
17 17 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
18 14 (2.81%) Electronics
19 10 (2.01%) Billing
20 9 (1.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 140 (28.11%) Product Manager
2 73 (14.66%) Lead
3 64 (12.85%) Senior
4 36 (7.23%) Senior Manager
5 31 (6.22%) Product Owner
6 27 (5.42%) Senior Product Manager
7 22 (4.42%) Product Lead
8 19 (3.82%) Digital Product Manager
8 19 (3.82%) Product Management Director
9 16 (3.21%) Change Manager
10 13 (2.61%) Developer
11 12 (2.41%) Data Manager
12 11 (2.21%) Development Engineer
13 10 (2.01%) Security Engineer
13 10 (2.01%) Senior Development Engineer
13 10 (2.01%) Senior Software Development Engineer
13 10 (2.01%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (2.01%) Software Development Engineer
13 10 (2.01%) Software Engineer
14 9 (1.81%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.82%) Elastic Stack
1 19 (3.82%) OpenTelemetry
2 14 (2.81%) REST
3 9 (1.81%) Keras
3 9 (1.81%) PyTorch
3 9 (1.81%) TensorFlow
3 9 (1.81%) YAML
4 6 (1.20%) .NET
5 3 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.60%) Node.js
6 2 (0.40%) EDI
6 2 (0.40%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.40%) Flask
6 2 (0.40%) Next.js
7 1 (0.20%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.20%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.20%) PySpark
7 1 (0.20%) SOAP
7 1 (0.20%) Spring
7 1 (0.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 91 (18.27%) Product Ownership
2 49 (9.84%) Onboarding
3 42 (8.43%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (5.62%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.41%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.41%) Social Media
6 11 (2.21%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.01%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.81%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.41%) Data Fabric
10 7 (1.41%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.20%) IoT
11 6 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 5 (1.00%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.00%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.80%) EPoS
13 4 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.42%) Linux
2 19 (3.82%) Unix
3 5 (1.00%) Windows
4 2 (0.40%) zOS
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (51.61%) Roadmaps
2 205 (41.16%) Agile
3 144 (28.92%) Product Roadmap
4 115 (23.09%) Product Strategy
5 112 (22.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 104 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
6 104 (20.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 91 (18.27%) Mentoring
8 85 (17.07%) AI
9 77 (15.46%) Analytics
10 74 (14.86%) User Experience
11 72 (14.46%) Information Security
12 71 (14.26%) Product Vision
13 65 (13.05%) Coaching
14 63 (12.65%) Decision-Making
15 62 (12.45%) Project Management
16 58 (11.65%) Business Development
17 52 (10.44%) Value Proposition
18 49 (9.84%) B2B
19 48 (9.64%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 50 (10.04%) Python
2 34 (6.83%) Java
2 34 (6.83%) SQL
3 21 (4.22%) Go
3 21 (4.22%) JavaScript
4 19 (3.82%) Bash
5 9 (1.81%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.00%) C#
7 2 (0.40%) COBOL
7 2 (0.40%) JCL
7 2 (0.40%) PHP
7 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.20%) C++
8 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.20%) R
8 1 (0.20%) Scala
8 1 (0.20%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 96 (19.28%) Degree
2 42 (8.43%) Master's Degree
3 33 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (5.82%) Security Cleared
5 21 (4.22%) AWS Certification
6 17 (3.41%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.61%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.61%) MBA
8 7 (1.41%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.41%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.41%) PMP
9 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.80%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.60%) CSPO
10 3 (0.60%) HNC
11 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.40%) CISM
11 2 (0.40%) CISSP
12 1 (0.20%) CFA
12 1 (0.20%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.42%) QA
2 16 (3.21%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.21%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.01%) NCSC
5 10 (2.01%) NIST
6 6 (1.20%) GDPR
6 6 (1.20%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.00%) IFRS
7 5 (1.00%) SLA
8 4 (0.80%) PMO
9 3 (0.60%) ISO 8583
9 3 (0.60%) SEPA
10 2 (0.40%) COREP
10 2 (0.40%) FINREP
10 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.20%) GMP
11 1 (0.20%) PSD2
11 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (4.42%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) RACF
2 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.40%) vSphere
3 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.22%) Terraform
3 19 (3.82%) Ansible
3 19 (3.82%) Argo
3 19 (3.82%) Kustomize
3 19 (3.82%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 50 (10.04%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.83%) Google
3 17 (3.41%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.41%) Databricks
5 9 (1.81%) Adobe
5 9 (1.81%) Dell
5 9 (1.81%) NVIDIA
5 9 (1.81%) SAP
6 8 (1.61%) Oracle
7 7 (1.41%) Foundry
8 6 (1.20%) Zoho
9 4 (0.80%) Sage
9 4 (0.80%) YouTube
10 3 (0.60%) Apple
10 3 (0.60%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.60%) CQG
10 3 (0.60%) ION Trading
10 3 (0.60%) Patsystems
10 3 (0.60%) Reuters
10 3 (0.60%) Trayport